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  • Mustangs begin official preparation

    Stibitz primed for Sept. 17 opener By: Rudy Brandl        Manville High’s football players should be used to the grind when pre-season practice sessions officially begin Monday.    The Mustangs have been working hard all summer under first-year head coach Brett Stibitz, who’s been holding informal workouts three nights a week. Stibitz reported that around 30…

  • Board member resigns

    Mahan moving out of township. By: Melissa Hayes    School board member Michael Mahan announced his resignation Monday night.    Dr. Mahan, who was serving his first term, said he will be relocating to Savanna, Ga., where his wife took a job.    "I had the intention of staying on the board longer," he said.    Dr. Mahan’s term…

  • Gymnastics Academy moves to Sults Road

    Cranbury Gymnastics Academy says goodbye to Clark Drive. By: Josh Appelbaum    Children who like to leap, tumble and flip may have a slightly longer ride to gymnastics now that the Cranbury Gymnastics Academy has moved.    Cranbury Gymnastics Academy, formerly of Clark Drive in Cranbury, moved to Stults Road earlier this month, just a short ride…

  • Lady Raiders learn from summer shortcomings

    Reese knows where his team needs work By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls’ basketball program recently completed its least successful summer campaign since Jim Reese took over the program a decade ago. The Lady Raiders lost a bunch of games and didn’t win the summer league title for the first time in three…

  • Merrill investing in future of lacrosse in Pennington

    MLL star rookie teaches game at True North camp By: Jim Green    Brodie Merrill will be one of the best players on the field Friday evening, when the Baltimore Bayhawks face the Rochester Rattlers in the first round of the Major League Lacrosse playoffs in Boston. From Monday through today (Thursday), he was in Pennington…

  • Resource center provides vital links to victims of domestic abuse

    Relationship abuse can happen to anyone, and can be emotional, verbal, physical or sexual. Injury and even death can result. The bottom line is that domestic violence is a crime. By: Mary H. Kaempfen    It started with verbal abuse and progressed to physical violence, that, with the little courage Jennifer could muster, made her get…

  • Donations sought for historic Little Red Schoolhouse

    The Friends of Washington Township are seeking donations from the community to finish renovations to the Little Red Schoolhouse building. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Calling all history buffs, antique collectors and pack rats. The Friends of Washington Township need your donations to put the finishing touches on the Little Red Schoolhouse.    The nonprofit group…

  • Trenton makes, area baseball takes from Peto

    By: Kyle Moylan    Before anyone can teach, there first must be a willingness to learn.    Jim Peto has that. As a result, his players at Hightstown High School should be learning more about the game of baseball than they ever imagined.    "We’re allowed to start practices the first Friday in March and I’m already anxious…

  • Lighting, bathrooms top HMS projects

    SCHOOL REFERENDUM By:Donna Lukiw Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories looking at the various projects planned in the $9.4 million school maintenance referendum which voters will decide Sept. 27.    Projects at Hillsborough Middle School account for $1,327,641 of the $9.9 million referendum planned by the school district for Sept. 27,…